What is the "wscntfy.exe" ?

Our database contains 691 different files for filename wscntfy.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wscntfy.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Windows Security Center Notification App. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 14 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process wscntfy.exe.

This file is the Windows Security Center Notification App - this application is well-known for any Windows user, it watches the overall security of the system and helps to keep it protected. This specific file is the tray notifier, which is represented as an icon in the tray :


"Windows Security Center can help enhance your computer's security by checking the status of several security essentials on your computer, including firewall settings, Windows automatic updating, anti-malware software settings, Internet security settings, and User Account Control settings."

Check more info about this functionality on http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/using-windows-security-center

This specific file and its function can be also disabled, the process is described here : "Turn off Security Center alerts" : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-nz/windows-vista/turn-off-security-center-alerts

wscntfy.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "wscntfy.exe"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Security Center Notification App
Version:
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)
MD5:
f92e1076c42fcd6db3d72d8cfe9816d5
SHA1:
549f0a01848375d03159fc74171ed97790fa9650
SHA256:
94135acf2d9426bb78e4522429120b03d94b541422c277b9aca31410874a464c
Size:
13824
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

Is the Process "wscntfy.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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92% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
8% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
15% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "wscntfy.exe" was discovered 4294 days ago. Our database contains 59 variants of the file "wscntfy.exe" with final rating Safe and 18 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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Filename "wscntfy.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "wscntfy.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "wscntfy.exe"

  • SAFErating from user abcd for file C:\Windows\System32\wscntfy.exe

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\wscntfy.exe (Variant: 19654271)

    Normally this file is the Windows Security Center Notification App - this application is well-known for any Windows user, it watches the overall security of the system and helps to keep it protected. This specific file is the tray notifier, which is represented as an icon in the tray. In this case the file seems to be fake, scan is recommended.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wscntfy.exe (Variant: 19754461)

    This file is the Windows Security Center Notification App - this application is well-known for any Windows user, it watches the overall security of the system and helps to keep it protected. This specific file is the tray notifier, which is represented as an icon in the tray.

  • SAFErating from user SadasPoeta for file C:\Windows\System32\wscntfy.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wscntfy.exe (Variant: 96)

    wscntfy.exe is a Windows Security Center Notification Application from MS Windows. This file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file.

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\wscntfy.exe